Watch a very chubby cat go on a massive weight loss diet

Kroshik, which means “little baby” or “crumb” in English, is anything but small, having received a little too much love in his old home. Although he’s still as cute as ever, his body is struggling to function under all the extra chub, which the Matroskin Shelter in Perm, Russia is trying to fix.

The giant orange cat weighed a whopping 38 pounds when the Matroskin Shelter took him in, a full 28 pounds heavier than the average weight of a domestic cat. A Maine Coon cat may weigh closer to 25 pounds, but Kroshik isn’t fooling anyone into thinking he’s just a “big boned” breed.

“Kroshik faces a long and arduous recovery.”

“He could be one of the five fattest cats in the world, but the only thing he wants is to learn to walk again,” reads a post shared by the shelter and translated from Russian.